When I read this yesterday, I paused and I cried. It was too resourceful. All of the things you share here are true. Life has dealt me so many blows that I have come to understand them as I go.
Is it reinventing oneself? I first learned about its importance when I read the 48 Laws of Power and I can say for a fact that book changed my life. Failing and reinventing oneself will always happen if we are planning to be successful. The best part is that I began to notice a pattern. That is, when we fail, we do not lose as much as we thought we did initially. Why? The lessons gained will always be useful for the next phase of our lives.
Learning how money works came later in my life and I am grateful first to George Samuel Clason, Secondly to Robert Kiyosaki, thirdly, to the Leofinace community, and finally to Morgan Housel. Every tiny bit and piece of stuff I learn about money is linked to these aforementioned people and places. And while I have stumbled and failed a couple of times, financially, I have not lost hope. I will use all the accumulated knowledge to build again, that is for sure.
Surely, reading is the best thing that has happened to me. I will forever be grateful to Mom for pushing me in that direction.
About the company we keep, Robert Greene made me realize that there is no use keeping negative people around because they will drown us in their sadness. A shackle we might never come out from. I will always remember his words;
There is nothing to be gained from associating with those who infect you with their misery. There is only power and good fortune to be obtained by associating with the fortunate.
Please, let me stop here because if I want to comment on everything you are saying to your child, it will become a full post. I hope he gets to read this. I have lived through some of them, and I am hoping to live some more since I am still very young. I will always be grateful to the Almighty for the early exposure.
Please, expect my entry for this week's memoir Monday. All the best. Have a great week
Thank you Iska. It sounds like you're on a wonderful path. The secrets and shortcuts to a happy, successful life can be found in books like the ones you're reading. It's a shame more people don't take advantage of that knowledge. I'll be looking forward to your contribution to Memoir Monday!